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Re:Police Are Getting DNA Data from People Who Think They Op... by alexfromapex on Friday August 18, 2023 @07:05PM (#37183273)
They’re not an asshole the companies are for letting the government search the data without a warrant. This kind of data collection and abuse without informed consent can easily spread and probably already has with modalities like facial recognition and needs to be banned.
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Re:Police Are Getting DNA Data from People Who Think They Op... by StanislavPetrov on Saturday August 19, 2023 @01:22AM (#37185783)
>They’re not an asshole the companies are for letting the government search the data without a warrant.

In my opinion trusting anyone with your DNA makes you an asshole. The possibility of a leak, hack, misuse or government search (consensual or non-consensual) approaches 100% very rapidly over time.

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Re:Police Are Getting DNA Data from People Who Think They Op... by coldtea on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:43AM (#37186798)
>In my opinion trusting anyone with your DNA makes you an asshole

It's not like they can't get your DNA in several ways without you volunteering it...

Or that they need your DNA to get to things about you, unless you're living incognito or something...

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Re:Police Are Getting DNA Data from People Who Think They Op... by slikrick on Saturday August 19, 2023 @09:25AM (#37188542)
"it's not like they can't murder you other ways, why are you worried about them owning guns and patrolling out your house?"
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Re:Police Are Getting DNA Data from People Who Think They Op... by coldtea on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:22PM (#37192762)
More like "you have no alarm, no guard dog, no fence, and your doors and windows are always open, even when you're on vacations. Why are you worried about the spare keys you've sent to some key analysis service?"
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